BILL & SUE-ON HILLMAN:
A 50-YEAR MUSICAL ODYSSEY

www.hillmanweb.com/book

Showbusiness is very hard to get into
. . . and even harder to get out of . . . 
. . . it gets into your blood . . .

Most entertainers find that when their peak career years are behind them they have trouble adjusting to the anonymity. Some drift a bit and hit the bottle or over medicate. Others transform their acts to tap into kiddie or religion markets. And many others share their memories and experiences from their glory years by writing autobiographies. Here's another one. . .

The first section of this tome is an attempt to entice the reader with a string of short anecdotes . . . well, more than a few, my memory got carried away and these Gig Notes run over 300 pages. If you can wade through these, there are even more tall tales in the other seven reference sections which even contain hundreds of photos and media reports. 

Through the years my observations and writings have always been dictated by a formula, which I believe is of my own creation: W5 x 5W:
the well-known Who - What -When - Where and Why . . . but all seen from my vantage points of Wait - Walk - Wheels - Waves and Wings.

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BOOK CONTENTS
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Print Version
PDF VERSION
1. Gig Notes: 1-10
PDF
2. Album Notes | Galleries
PDF
3. Guitar Tales
PDF
4. Prairie Saga
PDF
5. Roots | Influences
6. +1000 Photos in Collages
7. Media
8. 100 Songs
9. TRAVEL ADVENTURES
STAGE ONE: THE MAIN ACT
GIG NOTES: Chapters 1-10
Many memorable ... and some not so memorable gigs
GIG NOTES CONTENTS
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1. Roots Years
ALT: PDF PRINT
2. The Swinging Sixties
ALT: PDF PRINT
3. Sue-On Arrives On Stage
ALT: PDF PRINT
4. Prairie & USA Tours
ALT: PDF PRINT
5. England Tours: 1976-1979
ALT: PDF PRINT
6. What a Ride!
ALT: PDF PRINT
7. Awards Shows & TV/Radio
ALT: PDF PRINT
8. Festivals and Special Events
ALT: PDF PRINT
9. Winnipeg Gigs
ALT: PDF PRINT
10. Trials and Triumphs on the Trail
ALT: PDF PRINT
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BACKSTAGE & WINGS AREAS
SUPPLEMENTARY SECTIONS 2-8

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STAGE TWO

Album Notes
Recording Histories
ALTERNATES
Indepth Webpage Versions with photos, lyrics, song downloads, etc.
12 Webpages
HERE

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STAGE THREE

Guitar Tales
Every Guitar Has a Story
ALTERNATES
Indepth Webpage Versions with photos, references, trivia, etc.
30 Webpages: HERE
 www.hillmanweb.com/guitars
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STAGE FOUR
Bill and Sue-On Hillman Record Wall: Display of the duo's CDs, LPs, singles, covers, discs,Bill and Sue-On Hillman Record Wall: Display of the duo's CDs, LPs, singles, covers, discs,
Prairie Saga
The Hillman Story in 
Autobiographical Song Lyrics
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STAGE FIVE

Roots and Wings
Tributes to artists 
who have influenced our music
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STAGE SIX

Photo Collage Archive
Over 1,000 Performance Photos in Collage Display
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STAGE SEVEN

Media
Hillmans in the Press and On Screen
21 Chapters
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STAGE EIGHT

100 HILLMAN SONGS IN MP3 TO DOWNLOAD
SONGS
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STAGE NINE


TRAVEL ADVENTURES
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BILL and SUE-ON HILLMAN: A 50-YEAR MUSICAL ODYSSEY

BOOK COVER
 PDF Version

I. HILLMAN 60-YEAR MUSICAL ODYSSEY
 https://www.hillmanweb.com/book
Old PDF Versions
0. MUSIC CONTENTS
1. GIG NOTES 1-10
old PDF1
2. ALBUMS | NOTES
old PDF2
3. GUITAR TALES
old PDF3
4. PRAIRIE SAGA
PDF
5. ROOTS & INFLUENCES
6. PHOTOS IN COLLAGES
7. MEDIA
8. 100 SONGS
9. TRAVEL ADVENTURES
10. OLD EARLY ODYSSEY
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II. HILLMAN MEMORIES THROUGH THE DECADES (Under Construction)
1. Early Years
2. DECADE 40
3. DECADE 50
4. DECADE 60
5. DECADE 70
6. DECADE 80
`7. DECADE 90
8. DECADE 2000
9. DECADE 2010
LEGACY OF FAMILY NAMES
10. DECADE 2020
TRAVEL ADVENTURES
III. STRATHCLAIR YEARS
START OF A LIFELONG MUSIC AND TRAVEL ADVENTURE
1. STRATHCLAIR
HOMETOWN
2. STRATHCLAIR 
1950s SCHOOL DAZE
3. STRATHCLAIR 
PHOTO GALLERY
4. STRATHCLAIR
EVOLUTION
5. STRATHCLAIR
MEMORIES and PHOTOS
6. STRATHCLAIR
BEND THEATRE
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7. STRATHCLAIR
MEMORIES
TRAVEL ADVENTURES.
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Bill and Sue-On Hillman
Eclectic Studio
www.hillmanweb.com

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